After his wrongful conviction as one of the Central Park Five was overturned, Mr. Salaam found it hard to rebuild his life. Now he stands to take office next year. By Ginia Bellafante Ginia ...

BOULDER, Colo. — Rashaan Salaam was buried here Friday, dead at 42 and carried to his grave by the same teammates who helped him win the Heisman Trophy in 1994. It was their final play together ...

Exonerated "Central Park Five" member Yusef Salaam is poised to win a seat Tuesday on the New York City Council, marking a stunning reversal of fortune for a political newcomer who was wrongly ...

In 1989, 15-year-old Yusef Salaam was arrested and wrongly imprisoned after the brutal rape of a jogger in Central Park, New York. Now, three decades on, he soon could be a Democratic councilman ...

A coroner ruled that the death of former NFL running back and Heisman Trophy winner Rashaan Salaam was a suicide. The Boulder County Coroner's Office in Colorado said that an autopsy showed the ...

Call or text 988 or chat at 988lifeline.org. Eight years since Rashaan Salaam died by suicide in Colorado, his girlfriend still feels the pain of his loss. “He’s just a beautiful soul ...

Yusef Salaam, one of the Central Park Five, spoke at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History about his wrongful conviction and journey into politics. Salaam reflected on the ...